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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2017
Applicant:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Chen-Fu Liao, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Max Donath, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Nichole Morris, Minneapolis, MN (US);
John Hourdos, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Stephen Zitzow-Childs, Cambridge, MA (US);
Janet Creaser, New Brighton, MN (US);
Christopher Edwards, Hugo, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/027 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02);
Abstract
A method includes a mobile device traveling in a vehicle scanning for Bluetooth devices. When the mobile device detects a Bluetooth device, it then determines that the Bluetooth device is a work zone tag. The mobile device then issues a warning that indicates that the vehicle is near a work zone based on the work zone tag.